Kelly the Boy From Killarne-The Clancy Brothers

[ti:Kelly the Boy From Killarne] [ar:The Clancy Brothers] [al:Irish Songs Of Drinking and Rebellion] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Kelly the Boy From Killarne - The Clancy Brothers [00:04.84]What's the news [00:05.85]What's the news [00:06.91]Oh my bold Shelmalier [00:09.15]With your long barrelled gun of the sea [00:13.47]Say what wind from the sun blows his messenger here [00:17.83]With a hymn of the dawn for the free [00:21.42] [00:22.02]Goodly news goodly news do I bring youth of Forth [00:26.08]Goodly news do I bring Bargy man [00:29.68] [00:30.41]For the boys march at dawn from the south to the north [00:34.52]Led by Kelly the boy from Killanne [00:37.87] [00:38.84]Tell me who is the giant with the gold curling hair [00:42.99]He who rides at the head of the band [00:46.21] [00:47.19]Seven feet is his height with some inches to spare [00:51.30]And he looks like a king in command [00:54.77] [00:55.63]Oh me boys that's the pride of the bold Shelmaliers [00:59.63]Mongst our greatest of heroes a man [01:03.81]Fling your beavers aloft and give three rousing cheers [01:08.08]For John Kelly the boy from Killanne [01:12.44]Enniscorthy's in flames and old Wexford is won [01:16.49]And the Barrow tomorrow we 'cross [01:20.06] [01:20.67]On a hill other the town we have planted a gun [01:24.87]That will batter the gateways to Ross [01:28.38] [01:29.15]All the Forth men and Bargy men march over the heath [01:33.21]With brave Harvey to lead on the van [01:36.96] [01:37.48]But the foremost of all in that grim gap of death [01:41.61]Will be Kelly the boy from Killanne [01:45.36] [01:46.73]But the gold sun of freedom grew darkened at Ross [01:53.05]And it set by the Slaney's red waves [01:59.12] [01:59.63]And poor Wexford stript naked hung high on a 'cross [02:04.94]With her heart pierced by traitors and slaves [02:10.67] [02:11.33]Glory O Glory O to her brave sons who died [02:17.29]For the 'cause of long down trodden man [02:22.09]Glory O to mount Leinster's own darling and pride [02:26.51]Dauntless Kelly the boy from Killanne